sreda, 05. december 2012

Sushi / Suši

Wiiinteeeer! This year I actually like winter, despite the fact that I was driving yesterday with the bus from one station to the other instead of 2 minutes 15 minutes and the bus almost collapsed from all the people in it. While I waited at the bus station, I stared at the sky and the snowflakes that were falling from the sky were so big! AAhhhh, it's nice to be a child for a moment. Even better was the time before that, I was in Lolita drinking tea and I chatted for three hours. All that positivity! I don't like negativity, pessimism, and I really started to avoid anything that steals my energy. At some point in your live you realize who's worth your time and who is in it for nothing. My life is mine alone, I'm responsible for it and I'll choose people who are worth my time :). Hmm, it's not only winter time but also sushi time! I know that there are many people who don't like sushi, or have never eaten sushi, in fact, first time I ate it was only two years ago. Yes, dipping sushi in soy sauce, to which is added wasabi is something I really like. That's why I absolutely had to make it at home! :) I just had to! It was okay just the rice was too wet and not salty enough. It would be ideally, if I had that thing in which you can cook rice. I am confident that I will succeed next time ;).

With love, Neja

Ingredients

Nori (dried seaweed)

1.5 cups of rice for sushi

30 g fresh fish (salmon, tuna)

1 carrot

1 cucumber

1 avocado

115 ml rice vinegar (white one)

1 tablespoon sugar

0.5 teaspoon salt

The process

Pour rice in a strainer and rinse under running water . Pour the washed rice in a pot and add water. Right ratio of water to rice is 1.25: 1. Cook the rice to boiling. Every minute or two rice mix well. When the water boils, reduce the heat to the lowest level, stop mixing rice and cover the pot. After eight minutes of cooking look at how much water is in the pot. Rice cook until it softens and absorbs all the water in the pot.

Remove cooked rice. Rice, sticking to the bottom leave in the pot. In a saucepan heat the rice vinegar, sugar and salt and stir until the salt and sugar is completely dissolved. The prepared liquid pour over rice and mix well. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Peel carrot and using a sharp knife cut into long, square sticks. Peel cucumber, cut in half and remove seeds. Cucumber cut into long sticks. Wash piece of fish, wipe and cut into thicker, about 0.5 cm thick and long strips. Peel avocado and cut into long sticks.

Spread bamboo rolling basis. Moisten your hands and take full palm of rice and spread it on algae leaving about 2 inches above edge algae empty.

At the center of the rice in a straight line arrange fish / avocado / cucumber / carrot strips. Use your fingers to push the bottom edge of the rice with your hands and shape roll tightly.

Put the roll on a wooden board and with a sharp knife, dip it in cold water, cut into bite-sized pieces.